Washing-machine.



M. M. HANSON.

WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 6, 1909.

941,989. Patented N0v.30,1909.

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d i l/z M/ m son M. M. HANSON.

WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 6, 1909.

94:1 ,989. Patented Nov. 30, 1909.

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MARTIN M. HANSON, OF ELLIOTT, ILLINOIS.

WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 30, 1909.

Application filed May 6, 1909. Serial No. 494,337.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARTIN M. HANSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Elliott, in the county of Ford, State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Washing-Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to washing machines, and has for one of its objects to improve the construction and increase the efficiency and'utility of devices of this character.

With this and other objects in view, the invention consists in. certain novel features of construction, as hereafter shown and described and then specifically pointed out in the claim, and in the drawings illustrative of the preferred embodiment of the invention, Figure 1 is a plan View of the improved device. Fig. 2 is a section on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a View of the two part socket with the parts disconnected. Fig. 4 is a perspective View of the globular supporting member detached.

The improved device includes a receptacle or tubfor the clothes'to be washed, which may be of any suitable form or capacity, and constructed from any suitable material, and for the purposeof illustration a conventional receptacle or tub is represented at 10. The

tub or receptacle is preferably cylindrical and mounted upon supporting legs 11 and with a cover 12 hinged at 13, the cover provided with a central aperture 14, and the tub provided with a plate 15 to which the wringer is to be attached] Mounted upon the cover 12 and surrounding the aperture 14 is a socket formed'in two parts 16-47, each part havlng a semispherical interior, so that when the two parts are united a socket having a spherical interior is produced. The parts 1617 are provided with flaring upper portions 1819 forming a converging entrance to the upper side of the socket, while the lower sides of the socket members communicate with the aperture 14 of the cover 12, and are provided with flanges 3132 bearing upon the cover 12 and secured thereto by bolts 33-34, or other suitable fastening devices. The socket members 16-17 are provided with ears 3536 through which clamp bolts 37-38 operate, to hold the socket members.

Fitting within the spherical socket is a globular member 20 having a central bore 21 and with transverse notches 2223 opening into the bore from opposite sides, as shown. Slidably arranged through the bore of the member 20 is a rod 24, the rod having oppositely arranged pins 2526 intermediate its ends, the pins adapted to be located in the notches 22-23. By this means the rod is coupled detachably to the globular meIn-' her. At its lower end the rod 24 is provided with a plurality of radially extending feet 27, the combined feet and the portion of the rod to which they are connected forming the clothes engaging portion of the washer. The feet 27 are secured by screws or other fastening means 28 to the rod 24, and are formed with projecting lugs 29 at their outer ends, and with projections 30 attheir inner ends, the projections 30 being in contact with the lower end of the rod 24. By this means the clothes within the receptacle may be rapidly and vigorously agitated by rotating and vibrating the rod 24, the globular and spherical device produced by the members 1617 forming a universal joint between the rod and the cover 12. The rod beingarranged sl'idably through the globular members, may be moved vertlcally as well as vibrated and rotated, the vertical movementbeing limited to 'a certainextent by the pins 2526. The rod'24 and ts feet 27 will preferably be of wood, whlle the socket 1617 and the lobular member 20 and the pins 25-26 WIll preferably be of metal and galvanized or otherwise coated to prevent corrosion. The rod 24 may also be of metal if required.

It will thus beobvious that a simply constructed and efficient washing machine is produced, which may be inexpensively manufactured, and of any requlred size and of" any suitable material or capacity.

What is claimedisz- A device of the class described comprising a, socket having a spherical interior and clothes engaging members carried by said 10 adapted to be arranged over an aperture in rod. 1

a clothes receptacle, a globular member mov- In testimony whereof, I afiix my signaably mounted within said socket, said globture, in presence of two Witnesses. ular member having a central bore and with M ARTIN M HANSON notches communicating with the same, a rod slidable through the bore of said globular Witnesses:

member, pins carried by said rod and de- N. S. RICHARDSON, tachably engaging in said notches, and J. L. KREITZER. 

